Candidates

This is a riding that tends to vote for the MP more than the party. Scott Brison has now won five elections as a Liberal, putting to rest any questions whether he could hold Kings-Hants after crossing the floor from the Progressive Conservatives. Conservatives can point to a bill from a Conservative MP passed that allows Annapolis Valley winemakers to sell their wines out of province. Then again, Brison was a co-sponsor of that bill.

CANDIDATES

Scott Brison (Lib): Brison has been the MP for Kings Hants since 1997. First elected as a Progressive Conservative, Brison crossed the floor to the Liberal party in 2003 after the PC Alliance merger. He served as the minister of public works under the Paul Martin government and was named the Liberals’ finance critic in 2010.

Megan Brown-Hodges (Rhinoceros)

William Cooper (Green): The England native spent much of his youth in Nova Scotia and has lived in several countries before moving the to the Annapolis Valley in 2012 from New Zealand with his wife and young children. He works as a visual artist and as a seasonal employee at Blomidon Provincial Park.

Hugh Curry (NDP): Curry has worked in the wine industry since 1999 and lives with his family in White Rock. His volunteer experiences includes two years as president of the Nova Scotia Curling Association.

David Morse (Con): Morse served as a Progressive Conservative MLA for Kings South from 1999 to 2009, during that time he has held a number of cabinet positions. Morse was defeated by New Democrat Ramona Jennex in the 2009 provincial election. He made the switch to federal politics in the 2011 election but was defeated by Brison by a margin of about 1,000 votes.